Potter's Guide to San
Francisco, cont. from p. 1

Center for che Arts, Terba Buena Gardens
loppesite the SFMuseum of Modern Art),
fer a current listing of

exhbirs at museums and galleries. The
brochure is free and contains addresses,
phone numbers and hours of operation. 1
visited many, bur the most impressive was
the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art
Museum at the Landmark Building A, Fort
Mason Center. ] was fortunate to be ar the
tight place at che right time. Two days
before T left for home, they opened a new
exhibit of ewertiech cencury English
ceramics, British Powers: The Dixons Lang
Collection. [n this smal] museum, | saw an
impressive array of porcery by Lucie Rue,
Hans Caper, the Leaches, Duncan Ross,
Phil Rogers, Sandy Brown, Joanna
Conscantinidas, Emmanuel Cooper, Mary
Rogers, Walter Keeler, Jane Hamlyn,
Michael Cardew and orhers.
Unfortunately, [ missed the April 23 lecture
by Dixon Long on collecting British
Ceramics, and the other on Berard Leach
and his Followers, chat will be presented by
Janet Lohr on May 19 at Fort Mason. Also,
across from the Museum is a pottery studio
for scudents of

the local Fort Mason Arc Campus. They
hold many ceramic workshops, and offer
classes for credit.

Speaking of being fortunare, | was also
able oo attend che Contemporary Crafts
Market, an interesting overview of borh
Californian and non-Califomian craft
artises working in different mediums,
including clay. This was held in several
pavilions ac Fort Mason, on March 13, 14
and 15.

OF course, you cannot formec the mese
entertaining part of a crip: purchasing
ceramic work! Notable places to look
into are: The Stones Gallery for
Southwese Pottery, the Center for the
Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens for
Californian comcemporary clay artists, che
Asian Act Museum for local pottery and a
fine selection of contemporary Chinese
and Korean ceramics. There is Daikoleu
by Shiki in Japan Town for conremporary
{commercial and individually sigred)
Japanese pottery from Oribe, Bizen,
Mino, etc., and Ma-Shi'-Ko Folk Craft in
Japan Town for ancient and
contemporary japanese tea ceremony
related ceramics (the prices were
incredibly reasonable), Also, you may

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ware co check our the Ceramics and
Crafts Supply Co,,, a local ceramics supply
store at che commer of Fifth Sct. and Bryant,

to pick up tools chat you can’: find here.

Last, noc lease, [ waited the Berkeley rei
Take the BART in downtown San
Fraricisco and get off at the Norek
Berkeley Stacion. About ten fdocks or so
from the station is a potters haven!

Set in a residencial area are ceramic
galleries, public studios, ruilds and homes
of ceramic artists, Sacurdays and
Sundays are the bese time to visit, ay most
of these spaces are open to visitors, bue it
ale the most inconvenience tite, as buses
do net run from the BART station eo this
area. Pick a warm, sunny day co explore
and be prepared to walk. [e's worth ic!
You can visic che Berkeley Porters Guild
at 731 Jones St. and purchase local work,
and the Potters’ Soudie'Gallery at 637
Cedar Sct. [ also had the pleasure to visic
Mary Law, a soda-fire potter, whom |
heard about at che Ruthanne Tudball
workshop put on by the Richmond
Potters Guild in February.

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